Markets & Finance

Canada Shares Climb at Close

December 15, 2002

Canada's benchmark S&P/TSX added 60.11 points, or 0.90%, to 6,724.37.

European stocks finished higher Monday. In London, the FTSE index finished up 105.90 points, or 2.73%, to 3,984.00. Paris' CAC-40 index ended higher by 98.20, or 3.19%, to 3,175.05. In Frankfurt, the DAX index moved ahead 128.23 points, or 4.17%, to 3,205.29.

In Asia, however, stocks fell. Japan's Nikkei 225 index finished the day down 65.13 points, or 0.76%, to 8,450.94. In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng index fell 71.97 points, or 0.74%, to 9,656.46.